🖥 Control your display's brightness & volume on your Mac as if it was a native Apple Display. Use Apple Keyboard keys or custom shortcuts. Shows the native macOS OSDs.
Controls your external display brightness and volume and shows native OSD. Use menubar extra sliders or the keyboard, including native Apple keys!
Go to Releases and download the latest .dmg
, or you can install via Homebrew:
brew install MonitorControl
Show advanced settings
in app Preferences).MonitorControl
app fileAccessibility
under System Preferences
» Privacy & Security
» Privacy
as prompted (this is required only if you wish to use the native Apple keyboard brightness and media keys - if this is not the case, you can safely skip this step).Preferences...
for customization options (enable Show advanced settings
for even more options).Keyboard
in Preferences (the app uses Apple media keys by default).MonitorControl version | macOS version |
---|---|
v4.0.0 | Catalina 10.15* |
v3.1.1 | Mojave 10.14 |
v2.1.0 | Sierra 10.12 |
* With some limitations - full functionality available on macOS 11 Big Sur or newer.
Notable exceptions for hardware control compatibility:
Compatibility with
Avoid gamma table manipulation
under Preferences
» Displays
! This step is not needed if you use Night Shift.Avoid gamma table manipulation
in MonitorControl or turn off Allow color adjustments
in BetterDisplay (under Settings/Displays/Overview). You might want to disable native keyboard control either in MonitorControl or BetterDisplay, depending on which app you want to use for brightness control and dimming.MonitorControl supports localization. We gladly welcome your contribution with a new language! See the opening post of the relevant discussion on how to add your translation!
git clone https://github.com/MonitorControl/MonitorControl.git
--single-branch --branch [branchname]
after the clone
option.MonitorControl.xcodeproj
with Xcode! The dependencies will automatically get downloaded once you open the project. If they don't: File > Packages > Resolve Package Versions